The early reception of Hill of Fools

Wright, Laurence

Title: The early reception of Hill of Fools
Creator: Wright, Laurence
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: vital:7040
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007379
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC47864
Description: preprint
Description: The early reception of Peteni’s novel is interesting because it illustrates the mind-sets and critical assumptions of those who first mediated the novel to different readerships. The book initially caused little stir either in South Africa or abroad, and it has made its way quietly in later years in no small part due to support from set-work prescription committees, and its translation into other media, radio and television. A one-off novel by an unknown writer is unlikely to gather critical momentum in international discussion, and the book has been more often noticed in academic studies focused on the Xhosa novel, some of which barely register that the work was first written in English. However, today it is certainly among the novels most widely-read by ordinary South Africans, not only those from the Eastern Cape, but for among many throughout the country who encountered it at school.
Format: 15 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: English in Africa
Relation: Wright, L.S. (2004) The early reception of Hill of Fools. English in Africa, 31 (2). pp. 105-120
Relation: English in Africa volume 31 number 2 105 120 Oct 2004 0376-8902
Rights: Wright, Laurence
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the English in Africa Self-archiving Policy

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